Our Donors

Corporate, foundation and organization supporters

Many thanks to these generous supporters of City Lights! Here’s a partial list.

Additional support comes from these friends of City Lights:
The Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
Kieve Foundation

Individual Donors

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The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+)

City Of San Jose, Office Cultural Affairs
Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation
State of California, Shuttered Venues Grant
US Small Business Administration; Shuttered Venues Operators Grant

The Trailblazers ($50,000+)

Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

The Shubert Foundation

The Innovators ($10,000+)

Applied Materials Foundation
Armanino LLP
Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
Lauren Doyle
Google Corporation
Google Matching Gifts
Silicon Valley Creates
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

Adobe Employee Matching Program
Constance & Paul Boulay
Rich Braugh
Richard & Peggy James
Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Charlie McCollum
Sandra Moll and Rick Holden
Clint Moore
Rotary Club of San Jose
Michelle Singh
Geri Weimers
Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Movers & Shakers ($2,500+)

Apple Matching Gifts Fund
Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
Rick & Violet Boyle
Karen DeHart
Caitlin Papp
Matt & Samantha Resch
Carl & Marianne Salas
San Jose Water Company
Larry & Carmen Stone

The Engagers ($1000+)

Niall Adler
Deb and Paul Anderson
Rachel & Tom Bakker
Cheryl Barker
Barry Swenson Builder
Tom and Larel Bondi
Kristin Brownstone
Steven & Karin Chase
Sarah Clish*
Community Wealth Patners
Dianne Daly, in memory of John G. Daly
The Joel Dean Foundation
Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
Scott Ellis
Dan Flynn
Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
The Goldfeldt Fund
Phil and Diane Griego, in honor of Carl Cookson
David & Kate Gross
Erik Gutfeldt & Deb Goldeen
Benjamin Hemmen
Dan Hill
Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
Anonymous
Skip Huffman & Josie Burgin Lawson
The Ironman Foundation
Eric Jacobsen
Sandra Jozefowicz
The Kieve Foundation (in memory of Carl Cookson)
Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin
Phil Kurjan Fund, a donor advised fund
Kate & Tim Leehane
Aaron & Kathy Loeb
Scott Mangelson & Heidi Tucker
Maria & Steve Marquis
Marc & Laura McGeever
Lyle Merithew and Sandy Swirsky
Gillian Moran
Ross Nelson*
Maryellen Petrich*
John & Amanda Straigis
Anita Kapadia and Feroze Taraporevala
TheatreDNA
The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
Carol & Dan Turner*
Patricia Tyler & Ben Marks
Nancy Wheeler

The Dreamers ($500+)

Martha C. Beattie
Dena Behnam
Susan Benjamin
Jason and Laura Bennert
Gary & Janice Cherrier
Rosalee and Bob Clarke*
Mary P. Curtis & Michael Miller
Chris del Pilar
Ivette Deltoro
Jerald Enos
William Ereneta*
Martin & Barbara Fishman
Barbara Fraser
Carol Garvey
The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
John and Barbara Harriman
Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
Terry & Bill Krivan
Nicole Letellier
Amoreena Lucero*
Cliff Maas
Judith Marlin
Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
Jason Molenda
Douglas and Julia Moore
Barbara Murray*
Daniel Pappone
Peralta Painting
Cheryl Pittenger, in honor of Christy Martin
James Reber
Glenn Reed
Barbara Reynolds
Michael Rhone
Sempra Engery Matching Fund
Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
David Taylor
XL Construction
Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss*

The Doers ($250+)

Kerry Adams-Hapner
Amalia and John Alban
Amazon Smile Program
Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
Nancy & Clayton Bavor
Patricia Clinkenbeard
Darryl and Carolyn Compton
Virginia Drake
Richard Enos & Don Gaskin
John Gilbert
The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Kenneth Gott
Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
Marcie Gugenheim
Gary Hubbard
Intel Matching Gifts
Julia Jones
Keith Garvey Good Democrat Foundation
Cathy & Kevin Kimball
Jan Laskowski
Roy Leonard
Sue Ann Lorig
Tom MaCrostie
Lisa Mallette
Gary & Debbi Maxwell
Walter Mayes*
Mary & Robin Melnick
Charlie & Jean Platner Mendoza
Karen Altree Piemme
Amy and Sal Pizarro
DeAnna Pursai
Joanna Rauh
April Durrett & Matthew Reilly
The Eddie Reynolds & Hernan Correa Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Elizabeth Santana
Don and Barbara Snyder
Victoria Taketa
Meg & Art Taylor
Jon Tracy

The Believers ($100+)

Richard Ajluni
Robert B. Ames
Linda Anderson
Marty Bamburg
Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
Thomas Becker
Vinita Belani
Jan & Mike Bergkamp
Iris Berke
Lisa Beyersdoerfer
Kirsten Brandt
Lynne Brown
Lisa Buchanan
Alyssa Byrkit
Robert Campbell
Barbara Canup
Lou Caputo & Rose Eufinger Charitable Trust
Constance Carpenter
John & Agnes Caulfield
Anna Chase
Helen Cockrum
Trami Cron
Randy Cross
D’Ann Darling
Kristi Dasilva
Bill and Alicia Davidovich
Jill Davis
Jane Decker
Jerry Di Salvo, in memory of Phyllis Di Salvo
Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia
Delaine Eastin
eBay Foundation
AJ Eiserloh & Emily Schwing
Steve Ellenberg
Karen English
Derek Foster
Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
Steven & Dawn Gerdt
Barbara Goldstein
Karri Greenfield
Mike Hale
Judith Hammerschmidt
Scott Harline & Karyn Rondeau
Nicole Hawkins
Kathleen Haydel
Denise & Jim Heick
David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
Laura Henderson and Jason Silva
Rose & John Henderson
Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
Jena & Luke Hohmann
Will Huddleston
Mohamed Ismail & Jessica Whittemore
Russell Johnson
Gus Kambeitz
Kathleen Kawakami
Pam Kelly
KKR
Chelsea Knoblauch
Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
Sandra Krakowski
Jon Kull
William Lakatos
Dirk Leatherman
Dane K. Lentz
George J. Leonard
Karen Leonard
Josie LeRoy
Colleen & Brian Lewis
Jim Lewis
Samuel Liccardo
Robin & Thomas Liston
Thomas & Nancy Lucid
Linda Mallette and Dominick Libonati
Nick Mandracchia
Linda & Ronald Martin
Susan & Charles Martin
Derek McCaw
Justina McSherry & Gary Hiron
Micron Technology
Lisa K. Miller
E Mireault
Michael Mitnick, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Steven Nakano
Lucretia Nelson
Richard Newton
Lisa Nolan
Michael Norris
Guy & Vikki Norton
Molly & James Olivas
Pintuna Inc.
Basab Pradhan
Uriel Rahamim
Deborah & Michael Regalbuto
Jorge Reyes
Barbara Sancen
Tom & Carol Shall, in honor of Christy Martin
Joe Singer*
Jan Smick
Andrew Smith
Harold & Linda Spencer
Laura Sternberg
Christina Sturken
Susan Suffel
In honor of LTC & Mrs John Swensson: USA, Ret
Lynn Telford
Donna Terman
Patricia Toft
Victoria Tran Sood
Cat Tucker
Loui Tucker and Sabine Zappe
Varian Medical Systems Matching Gifts
Dorene Vettel
Virginia Walbot
Shannon Wass
Nancy & Bob Weeks
Roxanne Worlock
David & Julie Yick-Koppel
Paul and Anne Younan
La Donna Yumori- Kaku & Mike Kaku
Noenu Zarlez
Christine Zillman

*Sustained Giving Program

Those donors marked with an asterisk (*) are members of City Lights’ Sustained Giving Program, and have their donations charged automatically each month to provide invaluable, ongoing support throughout the year.